The thesis identifies and discusses some fundamental changes that took place during the middle neolithic period in Sweden, with the introduction of the Boat Axe Culture. The possibility of intrepreting the Corded Ware Cultures by way of networks, identified through the regional designes of battle axes, are proposed. With the aid of a reconsideration of the typology of the Swedish boat axes, ethnographic examples of gift-exchanges, and a theoretical reappraisal of the implications of archaeological praxis for prehistorc life-worlds, new possibillities for interpreting the changing role of such prestige items as the boat-axes are presented. A new chronological scheme is also presented for the Swedish boat axes, with a tripartite division of the latter middle neolithic into MN BI-III. The value of the boat axe is further considered to be explicable only in terms of a prestige item, dependent on a system of exchange for its continual valuation. Central to this discussion is the relationship between value and exchange. Several regions within the Swedish Boat Axe Culture are identified, and the boat axes in two of these regions in the southern part of the Mälar valley are thoroughly examined. It is shown that during the cours of the Boat Axe period, the emphasis gradually changed from a regional to an intra-regional focus concerning the development of types and special designes of the boat axes. Identified similarities and dissimilarities of contemporary boat axes within and between regions are explained as a result of a parallel change in gift exchanges, from a regional focus to an intra-regional focus. An hierarchical ordering of the latter middle neolithic soceity is also identified, where only a portion of the boat-axes were selected as burial gifts. This development is chartered onto the broader neolithic development in Sweden, with special focus on the role of prestige items such as battle axes. A fundamental change is identified as taking place during the Boat Axe period, when the full implications of a prestige economy were implemented and the major strategies for power settled on the inter-regional level.

Tapatumo paieškos šiandieniniame pasaulyje tampa neatsiejamos nuo žmogaus kasdienybės. Pastaruoju metu vis dažniau diskutuojame apie pilietinės visuomenės problemas, toleranciją, seksualines ir tautines mažumas. Šios diskusijos tampa glaudžiai susijusios su visuomenių tyrimais. Šio magistrinio darbo pagrindinis tikslas yra ištirti kokios nacionalinio tapatumo charakteristikos dominuoja Lietuvoje, Latvijoje ir Estijoje 2004 – 2011 m. ir jas palyginti. Šiam tikslui įgyvendinti pasirinktas pagrindinis darbo objektas yra Lietuvos, Latvijos ir Estijos nacionalinės tapatybės. Per pagrindinius darbo su šaltiniais metodus – analizę, taikomą analizuoti apklausų statistiką, bei lyginamąjį metodą, kuriuo buvo lyginami trijų Baltijos valstybių nacionalinių bei regioninių tapatybių bruožai, buvo siekta atsakyti į pagrindines iškeltas darbo problemas - kuo paremti nacionaliniai tapatumai? kiek valstybių tapatumai yra monolitiški ir kiek jie yra pajėgūs priimti kitas tapatumo rūšis? Uždaviniai skambėjo taip: išskirti ir išanalizuoti etnolingvistinės, pilietinės ir regioninės tapatybės modelių pagrindinius kriterijus, ištirti ar etnolingvistinis ir pilietinis nacionaliniai tapatumai išskiria vienas kitą ar papildo Baltijos šalyse, išanalizuoti kiek trijų Baltijos valstybių nacionaliniai tapatumai pajėgūs priimti viršnacionalinę tapatybę ir kiek jie skaidosi į regioninę tapatybę, ištirti, kokią valstybių visuomenę – atvirą ar uždarą atskleidžia tapatybių modelių tyrimas Lietuvoje, Latvijoje... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Nowadays the search of identity become concurrent with casual people‘s life. Recently an increasing number of discussion about problems of civil society, tolerance, sexual and ethnic minorites. These discussions are related with national identity analysis. The main aim of this master thesis is to find out what characteristics of national identitiės are dominant in Lithaunia, Latvia and Estonia in 2004 – 2011 years and to compare them. The primary and key surveying object is national identities. The methods used in this work were: analysis which was applied to analize the statistics of surveys and another method was comparison of national and regional features of identities of Baltic States. By using these methods main problems such as: how are based national identities? Are they monolithic enough? Are they able to accept other types of identities? were carried out. One of the tasks was to distinct and analize the main criterias of ethnolinguistic, civil and regional identity models. Another task was to find out whether ethnolinguistic and civil national identities distincts or adds to each other in the Baltic States. Third task was to analize if national identities of three Baltic States are able to accept supranational identity and to reveal if it is possible to disintegrate into regional identity. The last task was to find out whether societies in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are inclusive or exclusive. All these problems were explained by carrying out these tasks. ... [to full text]

Submitted by Valquíria Barbieri (kikibarbi@hotmail.com) on 2017-08-17T21:36:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS_2014_Moisés Carlos de Amorim.pdf: 1145413 bytes, checksum: a45be43fb87a466a8afb72c8831e4d4b (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Jordan (jordanbiblio@gmail.com) on 2017-08-21T14:12:30Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS_2014_Moisés Carlos de Amorim.pdf: 1145413 bytes, checksum: a45be43fb87a466a8afb72c8831e4d4b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-21T14:12:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS_2014_Moisés Carlos de Amorim.pdf: 1145413 bytes, checksum: a45be43fb87a466a8afb72c8831e4d4b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-10-21 / CAPES / Nesse trabalho acadêmico, investiga-se o processo de construção do espaço regional nas obras de D. Aquino Corrêa, Silva Freire e Gabriel de Mattos. Cada autor, representativo e atuante em sua geração, configura uma linguagem artística, que recria mitos, através de imagens arquetípicas, em que o espaço é reconstituído poeticamente, consolidando traços peculiares de Mato Grosso. Desde o surgimento da concepção regionalista no início do século XX, com D. Francisco de Aquino Corrêa, observa-se uma preocupação com a identidade local, entrelaçando na obra literária um conjunto de elementos importantes, tais como: a natureza, os conquistadores, a cidade, a culinária, o povo, a linguagem, a cultura etc., enfim, toda a realidade circundante que povoa o imaginário da arte. São esses elementos, traduzidos simbolicamente, que demonstram a cosmovisão do artista, refletindo a gama de imagens que interpretam e estruturam o espaço, de modo a dar ênfase na relação do homem com o seu “mundo”, tanto na poesia quanto na prosa. Nestas duas possibilidades de criação, utiliza-se a teoria do imaginário de Gilbert Durand, com base no conceito da mitocrítica, para a compreensão dos mitemas que abarcam e reconhecem as particularidades de cada obra, bem como as similitudes entre o pensamento dos autores e o processo pelo qual se torna recorrente a vivência no espaço cosmicizado, que, na poesia do século XX, mais precisamente até as décadas de 50, é imagem do paraíso ou da “Grande Mãe”; e, na escrita do século XXI, torna-se o local ritualístico onde ocorre a transformação do ser, possibilitando uma aura mítica do conhecimento histórico, do cotidiano vivido e da relação entre homem e espaço. / In this academic work, the process of building the regional space in of D. Aquino Corrêa Silva Freire and Gabriel de Mattos works is investigated. Each author is representative and active in his generation, and designs an artistic language that recreates myths using archetypal images, in which space is poetically reconstituted, consolidating Mato Grosso's peculiar traces. Since the rise of regionalist conception in the early twentieth century, with Don Francisco de Aquino Corrêa, some concern with local identity is noticed, intertwining in the literary work a number of important elements such as: the nature, conquerors, the city, food, people, language, culture etc., in short, all the surrounding reality that populate the art imaginary . These elements, symbolically translated, that demonstrate the artist's worldview, reflecting the range of images that interpret and build the space, to emphasize the man's relationship with his "world", both in poetry and in prose. In these two possibilities of creation, we use the imaginary Gilbert Durand theory, based on the concept of myth analisys, for understanding the mythèmes that cover and recognize the particularities of each work, as well as the similarities between the thinking of the authors and process by which becomes a recurring experience in cosmicized space, which, in the twentieth century poetry, more specifically until the 50s, is the image of the paradise or the "Great Mother"; and, in the twenty-first century writing, becomes the place where the ritual transformation of being occurs, allowing a mythical aura of historical knowledge, of everyday living and the relationship between man and space.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-08T16:59:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arnaldo.pdf: 1131473 bytes, checksum: 01854b701b98200b573c87f3a91f82d8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-26 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / In the present dissertation I analyze a group of works of local history produced among the years of 1985 and 2007 in municipal districts of the Area of the High is Worth of Itajaí, in the State of Santa Catarina, as well as some initiatives developed by AMAVI - Association of the Municipal districts of the High is Worth of Itajaí - relative to the historical and cultural patrimony of the area. The work is divided in three moments. In the first I try to verify in that measured the initiatives of AMAVI and the writings contained in the works of local history act in the sense of giving support for a regional identity; in the second moment I focus my analysis just on the works of local history, seeking to bring the surface some elements involved in the elaboration of those works and leaving of the beginning that they represent a singular regime of production of the past; in the final moment my objective is to discourse on the way as the writings of local history present to the reader an idea of a monumental past / Na presente dissertação analiso um conjunto de obras de história local produzidas entre os anos de 1985 e 2007 em municípios da Região do Alto Vale do Itajaí, no Estado de Santa Catarina, assim como algumas iniciativas desenvolvidas pela AMAVI Associação dos Municípios do Alto Vale do Itajaí relativas ao patrimônio histórico e cultural da região. O trabalho é dividido em três momentos. No primeiro procuro verificar em que medida as iniciativas da AMAVI e os escritos contidos nas obras de história local agem no sentido de dar suporte para uma identidade regional; no segundo momento enfoco minha análise apenas sobre as obras de história local, visando trazer a tona alguns elementos envolvidos na elaboração dessas obras e partindo do princípio de que elas representam um regime singular de produção do passado; no momento final meu objetivo é discorrer sobre a maneira como os escritos de história local apresentam ao leitor uma idéia de um passado monumental

The Swedish regions are new phenomena, from the start from the new regionalism which started in the 1980´s. The purpose of the thesis is to analyze Region Skåne and Västra Götalandsregionen to come to a conclusion which model of region they are and want to be by using theories of regional identity and identity of politics and see similarities and differences. My research question is: Which of cultural, administrative and functional region are Region Skåne and Västra Götaland striving to construct?    The methods I have used are qualitative text- and content analysis to analyze the regions, by using theories about regional identity and identity of politics. Furthermore, I am using some statistic from SOM-institutet to analyze the regional identity in the regions.    The result show that Region Skåne is constructing a cultural region, because of their strong regional identity and that the politicians are using identity of politics to combine the citizens. The citizens feel a strong fellowship and share a common history and culture.    However Västra Götalandsregionen is an administrative region, there their regional identity is low and do not have a common history and culture. There the politicians’ focus is on administrative things, as research and communication.

In old industrial regions traces from historical mining and production of iron and steel have become a valuable resource in developing a tourism industry and other experience-oriented industries in the post-industrial society. The so called Experience Industry became a buzz-word in regional development programs during the 2000´s. The region of Bergslagen in the middle of Sweden is a good example of this structural change in economy which has been going on since the crisis of the steel industry in the middle of the 1970´s. In the 1980’s, the region was seen as one of the most depressed areas in Sweden, together with the sparsely populated north. Because of that, cultural heritage has been promoted to strengthen regional identity in Bergslagen. Strengthening regional identity is still a matter in regional development in the region, but today efforts are more concentrated on commercial use and packaging of heritage as experience in order to create an attractive image of Bergslagen. Statistical data shows that the regional labour market is changing. During the 1990s and early 2000s employment in the Experience Economy in Bergslagen has increased by almost 30 percent. The emerging labour force is in many ways different from the traditional patterns on the regional labour market. Traditionally marginalized group, such as women, young people and immigrants are well represented. But they are often low educated, low paid and part-time employed. On the other hand we also find a growing well educated and well paid group of employees. They are often in-migrants or commuters from places outside the region. Campaigns to promote Experience Industries on the local level are common in many places in the region. Local campaigns tend to focus on tourism and the commercial use of the typical industrial heritage associated with Bergslagen. However, the regional identity is often considered a problem due to the negative image of Bergslagen which where formed after the crisis for the steel industry. Although there is a tendency towards a more positive approach to Bergslagen, developers and politicians often still claim that they rather use other local and regional identities in place marketing than being a place in Bergslagen.

Where I Come From - Velké Březno and the surrounding area The aim of this work is to create an educational project for pupils of the fourth and fifth grades to help them understand the connections between countryside, natural resources, population density, economic use of resources and development of transportation networks in the 19th and 20th centuries. The scope of this thesis is determined by the area encompassed by the school district of Velké Březno, that is, the right bank of the Elbe from Ústi nad Labem to Těchlovice. The theoretical part describes the area for which the project has been proposed from the socio- geographic point of view, and includes methods and lesson formats. The practical part contains work material meant as didactic inspiration for teaching local history.

People are emotional about places. I study the effect of regional identity (“at home”) on internal migration flows in Germany between 1995 and 2017. Regional identity is proxied by measuring how NUTS3 regions were historically affiliated in the former patchwork of Germany. When controlling for the influence of distance, culture (measured by dialects) and regional characteristics, I confirm that regional identity drives migration patterns additionally. Employing the separation effect by the German wall affirms that not only earlier migration or family bonds determine movements instead of regional identity.

The thesis focuses on the cultural and historical potential of the development of peripheral regions of Czechia. The case study covers three model areas - regions of municipalities with an authorised municipal office Horažďovice, Kašperské Hory and Netolice. The aim of the thesis is to accomplish a discursive analysis of the concept of the cultural and historical potential, together with related terms, and to consider feasibility of its embodiment into the context of surrounding regions development in Czechia, to identify cultural and historical potential of selected model areas and to propose possibilities of its usage. The methodology lies in the study of literature and in the research of selected areas. The cultural and historical potential is rated from the identifiable elements and their particular importance. The potential is relative to the area, number of inhabitants and the number of parts of the municipality. The thesis highlights several findings: (i) the coherent definition of the term cultural and historical potential does not exist in scientific literature; (ii) usage of tourism perspectives in the regional development is ahead of focus on local population (regional identity and local cultural life is less frequent); (iii) cultural and historical potential differentiate in the border...

The thesis examines the impact of euroregion Silva Nortica on cross-border cooperation and regional identity. Silva Nortica as the newest Czech euroregion is located in Czech-Austrian borderland. The situation in the euroregion is analyzed through quantitative and qualitative research to offer a complex view on the issue. In context of institutional framework conditions the questionnaire survey together with guided interviews with representatives of the euroregion was analyzed. The thesis also offers possible ways of future development of the euroregion. The results show a good potential among locals to build a cross-border community. However, on the institutional level there are many problematic factors as constrains in future development of cross-border cooperation in Czech-Austrian borderland. Key words: Euroregion Silva Nortica, Czech-Austrian borderland, cross-border cooperation, regional identity, cross-border community, multi-level governance